Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:15:34 +0100 From: Andrew Brampton <brampton+freebsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Julien Laffaye <kimelto@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GSoC:Complete Package support in the pkg_install tools and cleanup Message-ID: <u2zd41814901005040315mb53c0a8ejd9baed87454af35c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <i2jfee671621005031928m7672c08bk5f6f74cca2b50bad@mail.gmail.com> References: <i2jfee671621005031928m7672c08bk5f6f74cca2b50bad@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Julien Laffaye <kimelto@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > During this summer, I'll work on the pkg_install tools to add complete > package support. > A complete package is a package which includes all the required > dependencies in its tarball. > Unlike the PBI package format of PC-BSD, once a complete package is installed, > it appears as every package contained in the complete package was > installed separately. > [snip] > > Best regards, > Julien Laffaye Hi Julien, Glad you got onto the GSoC programme. I'm curious, what benefit is a complete package over many individual ones? Andrew
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